Sports briefs: N.C. State signs player from Oak Hill

RALEIGH - North Carolina State has added a power forward during the spring signing period.

Coach Mark Gottfried said Wednesday that Lennard Freeman signed with the Wolfpack.

Freeman is a 6-foot-8, 235-pound forward who played at Oak Hill Academy last season. He's the fifth newcomer for a program that during the past month had two starters leave early for the NBA draft and a third key player transfer out.

Guard Lorenzo Brown and forward C.J. Leslie turned pro and guard Rodney Purvis said he was transferring to Connecticut.

Those defections left the Wolfpack with four returning scholarship players. Only one - forward T.J. Warren - averaged more than 15 minutes per game.

Wake Forest adds transfer from Robert Morris

Coach Jeff Bzdelik on Wednesday announced the addition of the shooting guard from Robert Morris, who has a career average of 8.9 points per game.

He will be just one of two seniors on the team next year, along with fourth-year starter Travis McKie.

Williams will add depth to a backcourt that lost top scorer C.J. Harris to graduation, had junior Chase Fischer transfer out and returns sophomore point guards Codi Miller-McIntyre and Madison Jones.

Cougars' Johnson signs

BURNSVILLE - Mountain Heritage guard Kaylon Johnson has signed to play basketball for Catawba Valley Community College.

Johnson is the third Cougars senior from last season's 27-3 team to make plans for the next level, joining Samm Chandler (Averett, Va.) and Brianna Woody (North Greenville, S.C.).

Summit to remain with Lady Vols

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Pat Summitt will continue in her role as the Tennessee head coach emeritus on Lady Vols coach Holly Warlick's staff next season.

The university announced Wednesday that Summitt had agreed to a one-year contract that will pay her $85,000, less than a quarter of the $354,375 she received for the same role last year.

In her role as head coach emeritus last season, Summitt attended most practices and watched virtually every home game from the stands. She also mentored players and coaches and assisted in on-campus recruiting.

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Summitt stepped down as the Tennessee head coach in April 2012, one year after announcing she had early-onset dementia, Alzheimer's type. She posted a 1,098-208 record and led Tennessee to eight national titles and 18 Final Four appearances in 38 seasons.

She was replaced by Warlick, who played for Summitt at Tennessee and worked as an assistant on her staff for 27 seasons. In her first season as Tennessee's head coach, Warlick led Tennessee to a 27-8 record and third straight regional final appearance.

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Sports briefs: N.C. State signs player from Oak Hill

North Carolina State has added a power forward during the spring signing period.